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Press conference and arrival schedule of the laureates in Asturias
The Laureates will arrive between 19th and 23rd October

The recipients of the 2025 Princess of Asturias Awards will begin to arrive in the Principality of Asturias next Sunday 19th October, prior to the Awards Ceremony, which will be held at the Campoamor Theatre in Oviedo the following Friday 24th October.
Graciela Iturbide, Princess of Asturias Laureate for the Arts; Eduardo Mendoza, Princess of Asturias Laureate for Literature; Mary-Claire King, Princess of Asturias Laureate for Technical and Scientific Research; and Antonio Saborit, director of the National Museum of Anthropology of Mexico, Princess of Asturias Award for Concord, will be the first to arrive in Asturias.
The schedule for Princess of Asturias Laureate for Sports Serena Williams will be announced once it is finalized.
Besides featuring in different cultural events throughout the week, this year’s Laureates will hold several meetings with the press, as detailed below.
INFORMATION OF INTEREST
Programme subject to change. Updated information at: www.fpa.es/en.
- All press conferences will be held in the Reconquista Hotel’s screening room (“Salón de Proyecciones”), the entrance to which is in Calle Arquitecto Reguera.
- Graphic material on the arrival of the Laureates will be available in the Online Press Room (OPR) on the http://www.fpa.es/en website.
SUNDAY 19th OCTOBER
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The official reception of Princess of Asturias Laureate for the Arts Graciela Iturbide will take place at 5:00pm.
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Princess of Asturias Laureate for Technical and Scientific Research Mary-Claire King will arrive around 5:45pm.
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Princess of Asturias Laureate for Literature Eduardo Mendoza will arrive around 7:25pm.
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Antonio Saborit, Director of the National Museum of Anthropology of Mexico, Princess of Asturias Award for Concord, will arrive around 8:35pm.
MONDAY 20th OCTOBER
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Princess of Asturias Laureate for Social Sciences Douglas Massey will arrive at 1:35pm.
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Princess of Asturias Laureate for Communication and Humanities Byung-Chul Han will arrive at 5:45pm.
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Joint 2023 Princess of Asturias Laureate for Technical and Scientific Research Peter Greenberg will arrive at 5:45pm.
WEDNESDAY, 22nd OCTOBER
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Princess of Asturias Laureate for International Cooperation Mario Draghi will arrive sometime during the afternoon or evening.
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2016 Princess of Asturias Laureate for Technical and Scientific Research Hugh Herr will arrive around 5:45pm.
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Madeleine Bremond, President of the Board of Trustees of the National Museum of Anthropology of Mexico, Princess of Asturias Award for Concord, will arrive around 6:45pm.
MONDAY 20th OCTOBER
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4:00pm. Antonio Saborit, Director of the National Museum of Anthropology of Mexico, Princess of Asturias Award for Concord.
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4:45pm. Douglas Massey, Princess of Asturias Laureate for Social Sciences.
TUESDAY 21st OCTOBER
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4:00pm. Mary-Claire King, Princess of Asturias Laureate for Technical and Scientific Research
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4:45pm. Eduardo Mendoza, Princess of Asturias Laureate for Literature.
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5:30pm. Graciela Iturbide, Princess of Asturias Laureate for the Arts.
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